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Fishing Report out of Loreto - Pulpito
I've been amused at recent reports of poor yellowtail fishing out of Loreto. Granted, the fishing around Coronado and Carmen and between the islands
has been sporadic, but there have consistently been fish both north and south of town within 30 miles from the marina. In the past month or so I've
fished north at Pulpito four times for daily catches of 19, 11, 6, and 16. One might ask, with production that good at Pulpito why would you fish
anyplace else? The answer to that question is that the fishing has often been just as good to the south (if bait could be found) and the fish farther
south have generally been bigger, often ranging between 30 - 35 pounds as opposed to the 20 - 25 at Pulpito.
Here is a photo of Mike and Rosie Sheffer a month or so ago with one of the broad shouldered 'tails from the on again off again bite between the
islands, and others from trips north to Pulpito last week and Saturday, the day before yesterday.
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Bill and Todd Mullarkey in their boat Kingfisher making bait last week off Pulpito as the full moon was setting over Baja.
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The other boats that were fishing the high spot on the 18th with Pulpito in the background.
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Bill and Todd putting a nice 'tail in the boat.
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Randy Hamman and friends with a double hook-up Saturday on Randy's boat Jig's Up.
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One on the hook and one bleeding out on Jig's Up.
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A fat 'tail trying to get its head down for one last run.
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Francisco Davis on his panga El Pajaro smiling for the camera while coaxing a yellowtail to the boat.
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Francisco and another panguero both on fish from the same school. None of the half dozen or so pangueros fishing Pulpito on Saturday had clients.
All were loading up on yellowtail to sell commercially.
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Francisco boating a fish with Isla Ildefonso in the background.
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bill erhardt, Thanks for the report. Good to see somebody catching some fish.
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My friends were camping just north of Pulpito last week. They did well kayak fishing. My buddy said he caught a 10 lb trigger! So what do you
think?...4lbs maybe?
He also said the army visited their camp and asked for tourist papers and passports.
oh...and our old desolate camping beach has a new house on it owned by Carlos Slim.
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hey Bill, what's the projection for first week of April? plan to be thjere then.
Bob Durrell
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Me guilty of saying there's been poor fishing off Loreto lately? maybe. and me guilty of saying the fishing has been sporatic this february?
definately. please understand that my reporting is written for people who will fly here and make this a vacation. I certainly understand the fact
that people have to arrange for time off, save up for and take the vacation to here, and this is not an easy place or a cheap place to get to. I am
guilty of persuading people to wait until we get more consistent fishing coupled with consistently good weather so that their expenditure of time and
money has more value. Bill's report is based on his ability to fish any day he wishes because he lives here and that's fine, but the perspective of
the traveler who has two to four or maybe more, days available on the water is something entirely different. They may hit the two to four blown out
days or they may hit those calm and productive days like in the photos. I'd rather people who are intent on fishing exclusively to other activities,
come when photos like the above and reports of these limits are not just possible but probable. (late March through early May)
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
hey Bill, what's the projection for first week of April? plan to be thjere then. |
Bob.....As Pam pointed out, the real wild card is the weather. There has been a lot of wind so far this year, it is windy right now, and the forecast
is for more wind for the foreseeable future, including most of the first week in April. If the wind does lay down enough while you are here for you
to venture out looking for fish and you want a current report, get in touch with me and I will let you know what, if anything, I know about where you
might be able to bend a rod.
edit: Bob, when I wrote that response I was thinking your trip was planned for the first week in March, next week. April is much too far off for any
weather forecast, but usually by that time the winds have subsided and there are a lot more fishable days. It should be prime time for yellowtail,
but get in touch if you want a current report.....
[Edited on 2-28-2011 by bill erhardt]
[Edited on 2-28-2011 by bill erhardt]
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Thank you so much for the pictures as the memory helps me get through the work day. Be down on March 17th, so save a few forkies for me!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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Great fishing report Bill. Is that a down rigger on the bow of your Bluewater? How do you use it on the bow and for what kinds of fish?
Dennis
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Dennis......That's Randy Hamman's Bluewater in the picture, not mine. Randy and crew were fishing that day with inline sinkers. I imagine he has a
rodholder mount on his downrigger and just had it stashed in the forward rodholder to keep it out of the way of the action aft.
I do use a downrigger for yellowtail, however, and have for the past couple of years. I catch about twice as many 'tails with the DR as I did in the
past fishing the traditional way. Here's a pic of mine deployed last fall on the tuna banks outside Mag Bay for yellowfin.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
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I do use a downrigger for yellowtail, however, and have for the past couple of years. I catch about twice as many 'tails with the DR as I did in the
past fishing the traditional way. Here's a pic of mine deployed last fall on the tuna banks outside Mag Bay for yellowfin. |
how deep do you fish and what size weight do you use on the DR?
when I lived @ Half moon Bay and was fishing for big ling I needed to use 5 lbs at 300 ft because of the strong current.
Bob Durrell
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Bob.....I use a 12# ball and try to put the bait at whatever depth the fish are holding.
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